** Changed in: gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
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Title:
Local mail is never checked
Status in
I'm just piping in here to say that the issue is based on how the
login(1) program is called during the authorization process. This is
beyond the scope of gui terminals and is even once more removed from the
shell.
I've outlined a more in depth answer here:
https://askubuntu.com/a/1278257/879293
Well, my approach was very simple : mail notification in terminal has worked
for decades, I used in the 2000s, so why not use it again if it suits me ?
It is not mandatory to "reinvent the wheel" for an old need.
Anyway, I already tried to use /var/mail/$USER in my graphical email
client
I'd take one step back and ask the question: Why would anyone one a
graphical system need to run a terminal emulator in order to get
notified about new mail? What if someone uses all kinds of other
applications (web browser, document editor, photo viewer, music
player...), just not a terminal, why
Anyway my workaround... does not really work.
It only works if I receive a new mail while gnome-terminal is running : in
this case I will have "You have new mail" at next command line prompt.
If I receive new mail while gnome-terminal is not running, THEN I launch
gnome-terminal : no
Sorry, I didn't know where to open this.
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Title:
Local mail is never checked
Status in gnome-terminal package in Ubuntu:
It is really, really not the terminal emulator's job to set basic
environment variables.
It should either be done by the environment in which gnome-terminal is
started (e.g. systemd --user), so that the terminal just transparently
passes this on; or should be done by the shell initialization
** Description changed:
Description: Ubuntu 19.10
Release: 19.10
gnome-terminal:
- Installed: 3.34.2-1ubuntu1
- Candidate: 3.34.2-1ubuntu1
+ Installed: 3.34.2-1ubuntu1
+ Candidate: 3.34.2-1ubuntu1
Context : In a typical daily use scenario, a Ubuntu user is not expected to
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